I don't think that HIAL are a particularly bad employer, the pay and conditions are OK, it's just the way the company is run from the top.
It pretends to be an independant concern when it is, always was and always will be reliant on (dare I say it...) the Scottish taxpayer via Whitehall.
The Board talk a good talk, but talk is about all they do, Management do a damned good impression of Reggie Perrin and the employees get on with running the company (in triplicate).